Definition of CUSTOMER

customer

Meanings

Plural: customers

Noun

  • someone who pays for goods or services
  • A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.
  • A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.
  • A person, especially one engaging in some sort of interaction with others.
  • A native official who exacted customs duties.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English customere, custommere, from Old French coustumier, costumier (compare modern French coutumier), from Medieval Latin custumarius (“a toll-gatherer, tax-collector”, noun), from custumarius (“pertaining to custom or customs”, adjective), from custuma (“custom, tax”). More at custom. By surface analysis, custom + -er.

Synonyms

client

Scrabble Score: 12

customer is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
customer is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
customer is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

customer is a valid Words With Friends word